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Hards Lake

NYSDEC reported 2,670 trout stocked in Hards Lake (Suffolk County) in 2025, the latest year in its stocking lists. The most recent month listed is May 2025. DEC lists stocking by month, not by day.

NYSDEC data pulled .

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Hards Lake in numbers

trout stocked in 2025
2,670
yearly average, 2020–2024
2,312
years stocked since 2020
6
Stocking log

Every stocking record

DEC stocking lists for the last three years on record, by month and species, newest first, then yearly totals, and the spring plan DEC published for this water. DEC lists each batch with its average length; where a month has several batches the range is shown.

Last stocked, May 2025720720 brown trout
Spring 2026 plan
When (DEC wording)SpeciesFishSize
May 2026Brown trout630 fish6308 inches
May 2026Brown trout120 fish12012–15 inches
April 2026Rainbow trout620 fish6208 inches
April 2026Brown trout230 fish23012–15 inches
March 2026Rainbow trout730 fish7308 inches
March 2026Brown trout400 fish40012–15 inches
2025 · 2,670 fish
MonthSpeciesFishBatchesAverage length
MayBrown trout720 fish · Average length: 7.2–12.1 in72027.2–12.1 in
AprilRainbow trout630 fish · Average length: 8.7 in63018.7 in
AprilBrown trout210 fish · Average length: 13.9 in210113.9 in
MarchRainbow trout740 fish · Average length: 8.9 in74018.9 in
MarchBrown trout370 fish · Average length: 14.1 in370114.1 in
2024 · 2,690 fish
MonthSpeciesFishBatchesAverage length
MayBrown trout740 fish · Average length: 8.5–11.9 in74028.5–11.9 in
AprilRainbow trout630 fish · Average length: 9.1 in63019.1 in
AprilBrown trout210 fish · Average length: 13.8 in210113.8 in
MarchRainbow trout740 fish · Average length: 9.1 in74019.1 in
MarchBrown trout370 fish · Average length: 11.2 in370111.2 in
2023 · 2,550 fish
MonthSpeciesFishBatchesAverage length
MayBrown trout700 fish · Average length: 9.1–11 in70029.1–11 in
AprilRainbow trout600 fish · Average length: 9.3 in60019.3 in
AprilBrown trout200 fish · Average length: 13.7 in200113.7 in
MarchRainbow trout700 fish · Average length: 9.1 in70019.1 in
MarchBrown trout350 fish · Average length: 13.9 in350113.9 in
Every year since 2020
YearFish
20252,670 fish2,670
20242,690 fish2,690
20232,550 fish2,550
20221,750 fish1,750
20212,430 fish2,430
20202,140 fish2,140
2020 – 2025

Trout stocked each year

DEC’s lists end with the latest year it has published. The tallest year is yellow.

  1. 2.1k2020: 2,140 fish
  2. 2.4k2021: 2,430 fish
  3. 1.8k2022: 1,750 fish
  4. 2.5k2023: 2,550 fish
  5. 2.7k2024: 2,690 fish
  6. 2.7k2025: 2,670 fish

What is stocked here

All records since 2020
SpeciesFishShare
Brown trout7,38052%
Rainbow trout6,85048%

Where it is

New York trout stockingAll Suffolk County waters

No single map point is given for this water in the USGS names database, so no map is shown.

Also in Suffolk County: Carmans River, Upper Lake, Belmont Lake, Nissequogue River, West Lake, Argyle Lake, Carlls River, Southards Pond.

Source: DEC fish stocking lists (actual), data.ny.gov and the DEC spring trout stocking plan, data.ny.gov, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. Pulled . Check the agency and the current fishing rules before you go.